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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sharon Ohlweiler Tufaro, teacher and toy shop cofounder, dies
Sharon Ohlweiler Tufaro, a teacher who taught preschool and English to Baltimore's newcomers and was cofounder of a toy shop, died of breast cancer Sunday at her Roland Park home. She was 75. Born in Rock Island, Illinois, and raised in Canton, Ohio, she was the daughter of Robert Ohlweiler, an industrial engineer, and Mia Katarina 'Mary' Ohlweiler, a nurse who emigrated from Germany in the 1930s. She was a 1968 graduate of Allemann High School in Rock Island and earned a degree at St. Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. Her family said she spent a transformative year while in college, in Innsbruck, Austria, where she mastered German, learned to ski the Alps and deepened her love for travel and culture. She cherished her Innsbruck classmates from the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary's College and gathered with them to celebrate their connections. She moved to Baltimore in 1972 and became a Baltimore City Schools preschool teacher and pursued a master's degree in social work at the University of Maryland. She volunteered at the Neighborhood Design Center to support city planning efforts in Northeast Baltimore. As a Catholic Charities social worker, she found homes in Baltimore for children born overseas. She met her future husband, David Tufaro, in Bolton Hill at the swimming pool at the Sutton Place apartments. They married at Corpus Christi Church in 1979. They settled in Bolton Hill, restored a home and developed a wide circle of friends. 'My mother's friendships with other neighborhood moms evolved into a lifelong sisterhood known as the 'Way Back Club,'' said her daughter, Theresa Tufaro. In 1992, Ms. Tufaro and a friend, Nancy Cusack, pursued a dream and opened Shananigans Toy Shop on Wyndhurst Avenue in Roland Park. They created its name from Sharon and Nancy. 'With her boundless energy, eye for joy, and genuine love for children, my mother helped create a store that became a beloved neighborhood institution,' said her daughter, Jennifer Nolley. 'It was never just a store. It was a place of magic, imagination, and community.' The women sold the store in 2005, and it remains in business under other ownership. She had a desire to help immigrants in her city, her husband, David, said. She learned Spanish so she could better connect with and teach English to newcomers. At age 62, she earned a second master's degree in teaching English as a second language from Notre Dame of Maryland University. Ms. Tufaro taught adults at Baltimore City Community College and volunteered at the Esperanza Center in Fells Point, where she led English and citizenship classes. Her students came from all over the world — South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Doris Cole, former Baltimore teacher and wife of Judge Harry A. Cole, dies Thomas P. McCracken, architect who guided prominent Baltimore restorations, dies Gilbert B. Osenburg Jr., Harford Beverage Co. and Racers' Cafe operator, dies Robert J. Lancelotta Sr., Howard County real estate developer, dies Mary Matilda Shaughnessy, business entrepreneur, dies at 101 'She welcomed each one with open arms, unwavering patience and a heart full of compassion,' her husband said. She and her husband traveled widely. Last year, they visited Italy as an extended family of 14. She was a devoted grandmother and led them on tours in Florence and Rome. 'She lifted everyone around her — whether through a kind word, a warm smile, or an act of quiet service,' said her daughter, Christina Tufaro. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St. Survivors include her husband, David Tufaro, the developer of the Whitehall Mill and Mill No. 1; three daughters, Theresa Tufaro, of Evergreen, Colorado; Jennifer Nolley, of Towson; and Christina Tufaro, of Towson; a sister, Bonnie Zegar of Huntley, Illinois; and six grandchildren. Have a news tip? Contact Jacques Kelly at and 410-332-6570.
USA Today
08-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Oregon baseball takes midweek series with St. Mary's College with 8-1 win
Oregon baseball takes midweek series with St. Mary's College with 8-1 win During the stretch run of the season, you want your team to be playing their best as the postseason is right around the corner. Oregon is one of those teams. The Ducks just won their fourth straight game, sweeping St. Mary's College in a brief two-game series with an 8-1 win over the Gaels. Oregon is now 35-13 overall with just six regular-season games left. After a close Game 1 victory, the Ducks left no doubt in the series finals over the Gaels. Oregon cracked the scoreboard in the third inning with a Jacob Walsh fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly from Drew Smith to make it 2-0. It remained 2-1 until the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Ducks scored six runs to blow the game open. Chase Meggers started the fireworks with a simple ground ball to first base, where he beat out the throw. Ryan Cooney and Carter Garate both scored on the infield hit to make it 4-1. The throw to get Carate went to the backstop and everybody advanced a base. Smith walked to force in a run to make it 5-1, and then Maddox Molony smacked a left-center to score two more runs to make it 7-1. The scoring barrage ended with Parker Stinson's liner to right field. On the mound, Ryan Featherston had his best outing of the season in relief. He threw 3 1/3 innings, giving up just one run on two hits and struck out three. Julien Hernandex started the game and went three innings of his own and struck out five. Oregon will now host Washington for a Big Ten three-game set, the last series at PK Park for the regular season.
Los Angeles Times
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Tony Gonsolin shines in his first game since 2023 as Dodgers win fifth straight
The Dodgers have repeatedly proven they cast a wide net when constructing a starting rotation, seemingly with no financial constraints. Japan, South Korea, Latin America, via trades or free agent signings, they'll go anywhere and do anything to ensure that each game they can hand the ball to a seasoned, well-compensated pitcher. Yet, inexplicably, the best laid plans continually fail and they are forced to hand said ball to unproven rookies. Witness Tuesday with Jack Dreyer and Matt Sauer adding their names to a fleetingly familiar group that includes Bobby Miller, Landon Knack, Justin Wrobleski and Ben Casparius. Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow, huge free-agent signings the last two offseasons, are on the injured list. The Dodgers already have used 22 pitchers with the calendar lipping into May. Granted, that includes comedic stints by position players Miguel Rojas and Kiké Hernández, but that only proves how empty the cupboard can get. How refreshing it was Wednesday to turn to a homegrown solution, albeit one who has endured his own litany of injuries. Tony Gonsolin, a 2016 Dodgers draft pick out of St. Mary's College, pitched for the first time since August 2023, and shined in a 12-7 win over the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium, their fifth victory in a row. Gonsolin, fully recovered from 2023 Tommy John surgery and a sprained ankle in March, mostly sailed through six innings, striking out nine while walking none, throwing 58 strikes in 77 pitches. The only batter he couldn't fool was left-handed hitting Kyle Stowers, who crushed a two-run homer in the fourth, a run-scoring double in the sixth and a single. (Stowers would add his second homer of the game in the ninth inning off Yoendrys Gomez.) To everyone else, Gonsolin was masterful. His four-seam fastball sat at 94 mph, his slider at 88 and the bottom dropped out of his his devastating splitter a lot like it did in 2022 when Gonsolin went 16-1 with a 2.14 ERA, started the All-Star Game and achieved fame for his love of cats. Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Ruehle has a long memory, playing a 'meow' sound effect after each strikeout Wednesday. Gonsolin displayed his uncanny ability to finish with a W next to his name in the box score, the victory improving his lifetime record to a sparkling 35-11. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was understandably thrilled to get a healthy Gonsolin on the mound. 'I've had a good chance, obviously, to see Tony's growth,' Roberts said. 'He's just a lot more mature. I think the confidence, the ability to make pitches, command the fastball, understand expectations on what's good and what's not major league level good. So I'm really excited to get him back in the rotation. Just a guy that's been there, done that, and I think that he's going to be very dependable for us going forward.' Gonsolin, who turns 31 on May 14, and another homegrown starter the Dodgers grabbed in the 2016 draft — Dustin May — should be key rotation pieces during a brutal stretch of 19 games in 20 days that begins Friday with a 10-game road trip to Atlanta, Miami and Arizona. May, 27, has gone at least five innings in each of his five starts, getting roughed up in only one while posting a 3.95 ERA. Coming off an 18-hit barrage in a win over Miami on Tuesday, the Dodgers cooled only slightly, settling for 17 in the series finale. Yet they found solace early when slumping Max Muncy hit his first home run of the season on the last day of April to give them a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Mookie Betts took it from there, the Dodgers adding three runs in the third and four in the sixth with Betts driving in four on a single and a triple. Freddie Freeman followed Betts' triple in the sixth with his fifth home run. Muncy tripled in the seventh on a charitably scored fly ball to right field that Stowers misplayed, and scored on a single by Hernández.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel blocks humanitarian aid into Gaza
OAKLAND, Calif. - In a very dangerous development, Israel has blocked humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas renews its agreement to a ceasefire. The delicate ceasefire that had been in effect, resulting in a series of hostage-for-prisoner swaps, which included 33 hostages and eight bodies in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinians, expired on Saturday. The expectation was that the two-month ceasefire would be extended through Ramadan, one of Islam's most important months, where the faithful believe the holy Qur'an was sent down from heaven. Ramadan coincides with Passover, one of the most important Jewish high holidays, celebrating the Israelites escape from Egypt. Instead, Israeli leadership has stated that it will not continue the ceasefire, withdraw its troops or allow continued shipments of goods, supplies and services, without the remaining hostages being released as expected. Hamas claims such demands are blackmail and a war crime. At this point, unless mediators and envoys can carve out a quick deal, resumed hostilities are likely. Gaza neighbor Egypt, a key negotiator in the ceasefire process, released a statement condemning Israel's closure of Gaza and accusing it of using "starvation as a weapon.'" "Obviously, if that allegation is true, that's a major violation of international law…to have Egypt come out and make that allegation, I think, is quite significant," said St. Mary's College Political expert Corey Cook. The Egyptian Foreign Minister also said reconstruction plans for Gaza will ensure that Palestinians can remain in their land. Those plans will be revealed on Tuesday at an Arab emergency summit in Cairo on Tuesday. That is a direct repudiation of President Trump's announced plans to have the U.S. rebuild Gaza with no plans to allow Palestinians to re-occupy it. "It roiled the region…some of the United States allies in the region immediately responded and said 'we don't agree with this,' saying 'we still believe in security for the Palestinian people. We still believe in a solution in Gaza that's not based on the United States coming and remaking it in their own image,'" said Cook. Until there is a durable ceasefire and resolution, no true reconstruction of any kind can even begin. "The scale of this war has been just unprecedented and extraordinary, and so the amount of rebuilding that will be necessary is immense, and it's going to take, obviously, a multinational effort in the region to do that," said Cook. Most at risk right now is a wider war involving more nations. "I can't even comprehend what a wider conflict would look like or what further devastation to that region would look like," Cook said.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fighting Back Against Trump: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier holds town hall in Moraga
The Brief Democratic U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier held a town hall at St. Mary's College. During the meeting, DeSaulnier listed a Democratic action plan. Constituents on both sides of the aisle weighed in on what they heard from DeSaulnier. MORAGA, Calif. - Hundreds of people attended a town hall on Thursday held by Democratic U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier at St. Mary's College. DeSaulnier answered questions about what's happening in Washington D.C. and what the Democratic Party is doing to push back against President Trump's new administration. What they're saying People asked questions about things like the future of social security, the spread of disinformation, and the power of Elon Musk. "There's a real yearning for people to hear what's happening. Is somebody in control? Is there a two-party system?" DeSaulnier, who represents California's 10th Congressional District, said Thursday's town hall meeting was especially necessary so that he could listen to and respond to questions about President Trump's second term. Hundreds of people came out and DeSaulnier answered pre-submitted questions from the audience. Question: What will House Democrats do to investigate conflicts of interest with Elon Musk, DOGE and his business enterprises? DeSaulnier: I was on the oversight committee for the first eight years I was in Congress. That would be the committee who should be doing these things, along with the Judiciary Committee. We'll be pushing the Republicans to have hearings on that. We already are." During the meeting, DeSaulnier listed a Democratic action plan that included resolutions condemning efforts to defund public education and Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. The plan also proposed legislation that would prevent DOGE's access to Americans' data. "We're all for efficiency. I don't know a Republican or Democrat that doesn't believe we can always do a better job in government and everywhere, but this is not the way to go about it," said DeSaulnier. Local perspective After the meeting, people weighed in on what they heard. "I don't think he's a savior. I don't think Congress is a savior, but I do think that we the people are going to have to rise up at some point," said Victoria Rue, of Walnut Creek. "He seems to be OK with having a $68 billion deficit for our state, while sending $50 million to fight this administration rather than work with them. I'm not really impressed," said Jack Belgarde, of Martinez. "These are not normal times. That we are staring down the barrel of our constitution being destroyed. I'd like to see someone in power say, yeah actually, that's valid. Maybe we should talk about that," said Christine Beavers, of Pleasant Hill. DeSaulnier also said the Democratic Party will have to focus on voter turnout and winning back seats during the midterm elections if they want to change things in Washington D.C. The Source Mark DeSaulnier, White House orders, 10th Congressional District constituents
